Description

PRESTON

SD5428NW AVENHAM COLONNADE 941-1/14/1 (West side) 27/09/79 Nos.1-6 (Consecutive) (Formerly Listed as: AVENHAM COLONNADE Nos.1-6, 6A, B AND C (Consecutive))

GV II

Terrace of 6 town houses (No.4 now 2 flats). c.1830, altered in later C19. Red brick in Flemish bond, with sandstone dressings and slate roof. Double-depth split-level plan, each house single-fronted. Two storeys over basements (3-storey rear), each house of 2 bays; sandstone plinth, broad 1st floor sillband, plain frieze, prominent moulded cornice with blocking course. Doorways to the right, all round-headed and set in broad banded sandstone architraves which have cornices at the level of the 1st floor band, panelled jambs with imposts, and doors set progressively lower (site sloping down form Nos.1 to 6) so that fanlights lengthen from semicircular to stilted (all without glazing bars); basement and ground floor windows are all segmental-headed and have moulded architraves, 1st floor windows have wedge lintels, and most of these windows are sashed without glazing bars except No.2 which has top-hung casements imitating sashes. Chimneys on front slope of roof; skylights to Nos.2, 3, and 6; small dormers to Nos.4 and 5. Rear: Nos.2, 5, and 6 have added canted bays (No.2 three-storeyed, others 2-storeyed); rear wall of No.4 recently rebuilt; most windows with altered glazing, but one 20-pane sash at basement of No.3. INTERIOR: unusual split-level design with stone steps up to raised rear ground-floor level and down to basement. History: ground floor of front formerly protected by continuous colonnade with flat roof. (Hardwick C: History of the Borough of Preston and its Environs: Preston: 1857-: P.436 (PICTURE); Myres JJ: Map of the Town of Preston: Preston: 1836-).

Listing NGR: SD5401728872

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